Updated Dec 31, 2020 · 08:35 am Image for represenatation. | Narinder Nanu / AFP
The Madhya Pradesh Police filed a first information report against a trader firm in Hardas district for allegedly duping 150 farmers of over 2,500 quintals of lentil and gram produce worth nearly Rs 5 crore, citing the three farm laws,
The Week reported on Wednesday.
Harda is the constituency of state Agriculture Minister Kamal Patel.
These farmers had sold around 1,131 quintal of chickpea and 1,291 quintal of green gram to Khoja Traders, a firm owned by brothers Pavan and Suresh Khoja. The firm cited the new agricultural legislations for the proposed purchase outside the government-run mandi system, and promised they would pay well above the minimum support price.